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gaby

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Oui après les FLAMES autre belle et décisive victoire contre les OILERS 5-2......vraiment le fun....MONTEMBEAULT a bien rebondi :) ....again BRAVO les boys.....more more more...;).
 

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7/11....won last 7/8......really believe he is here to stay. :)

With what i see, i'd like him to stay for sure.

Sad thing is, we see a bunch of players who decided to play for him, but are already on the trading blocks. This team will change soon, i hope St-Louis' magic remains.
 
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Really really hope SUZUKI-----CAUFIELD--ANDERSON and LEHKONEN will stay...plus CHIAROT and ROMANOV.....with MONTEMBEAULT.....a sure value.....pour moi ce serait notre noyau de base autour duquel bâtir......pour le reste i don't really care....except
PITLICK....j'aime beaucoup son attitude et ce qu'il apporte à l'équipe.
 

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Habs now 1 point ahead of Arizona but with 1 game in hand........so that there is a tie if Arizona points in that game. Who will win the Shane Wright sweepstakes?
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Entendu hier soir à TVA MAXIME LAPIERRE---ex-player- dire de MARTY......quand il te parle droit dans les yeux...tu écoutes...et repars gonflé à bloc......intéressant commentaire.

Autre commentaire significatif entendu hier aussi....il a été comparé à FELIPE ALOU....entré en fonction en MAI 92 avec une équipe/EXPOS qui allait nulle part et en a fait une équipe championne en 1994....sa recette gagnante était de dire à ses joueurs
de cesser de stresser et de laisser libre cours/ laisser leurs talents s'exprimer et jouer par instinct.....et on a vu les résultats....évidemment FELIPE avait aussi une équipe de rêve ;) MAIS quand même.

Souhaitons donc la pareille à Martin....c'est bien parti......MAIS la constance sera son défi.
 

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It's no big mystery that the key to being a great coach is by also being a good psychologist. The great Scottie Bowman was known to be great at mind games. Mike Keenan was also a mind twister extraordinaire. But there are different ways to motivate subordinates. Many coaches such as Bowman, Keenan & Hitchcock use it more negatively, while a Jacques Demers or Don Cherry will be considerably be more positive & be known as a player's coach. St-Louis appears like a no-nonsense coach who's honest, will give it to you straight & will try to be fair with everyone. The way he speaks & takes the time to explain his reasoning reminds me of an intellectual. Not very many coaches today are like him & if he continues to be successful i wouldn't be surprised if various hockey organizations don't turn their attention towards such coaches. It's hard to imagine not wanting to play for a coach like that.

The comparison to Felipe Alou is a very good one. He had no time for mind games, he was a thinker & when he raised his voice everyone listened. He had everyone's respect, especially the players he coached. The bottom line he was, like St-Louis, a decent & humble person. How can you not like someone like that?
 
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WEBER....sorry BUT what an ass...a rencontré les joueurs today....après tout il est toujours le Capitaine grassement payé à se tourner les pouces chez lui....a donc daigné se montrer la face...ils sont dans sa cour...

MAIS a refusé de rencontrer les médias...wtf....on peut comprendre son hésitation à parler de son contrat---btw payer par les fans-- et de sa présumée blessure ;) ...la vérité c'est qu'il est dans une retraite dorée sur les bras de l'organisation.

Aurait au moins pu parler et comme Capitaine dire ce qu'l pense de l'arrivée de St-Louis..un minimum il me semble.... IMO HUGHES aurait du l'obliger à remplir ses obligations face aux médias et à l'organisation...my 2 cents....et me sens mieux..lol.
 

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You make some very valid points in regards to Shea Weber. However it's obvious that the guy doesn't give a damn since he's continuing to get paid. He didn't ask to remain team captain. Personally i think it's ridiculous that he's still considered the team captain considering we all know that he'll never play hockey again & that he's virtually in retirement. Usually when a captain goes out for an extended period a team often choses to promote one of the alternate captains until the captain returns to the ice. This didn't even happen this season. Why not?

A team captain like Weber cannot do his job from the confines of his million dollar home in Kelowna. The habs should have adressed the matter at the start of the season & name a captain. They created this unecessary drama, not Weber. I agree that it's wrong that he refuses to adress the media, which is really adressing the fans. Who knows. Maybe we're all seeing his true colors. Maybe he's really an asshole in real life.
 
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Ouin merci pour les éclaircissements.....dossier pas facile à suivre....quel mess incroyable....
 

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J'avais entendu parler de cette pénalité si il prenait sa retraite, mais ça éclaircit un peu l'affaire. En tout cas une chose est sûre, on ne le reverra pas sur patins et son leadership est dur à exercer de son divan, quoiqu'on en dise.

Lui et Price, moi je suis prêt à passer à autre chose. C'est déjà fait dans ma tête.
 
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Shea Weber is the one who decided on his own that he didn’t want to address the media in Vancouver. The hockey team wanted him to meet with the media. Chantal Macabee pleaded with him to speak with them & address the fans. She reminded him that he’s still the team captain. He still refused.

Shea Weber’s an asshole.
 
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..et j'espère que ce sera tout....avec les HABS....temps de passer à autre chose.

En effet, rendu trop fragile. Il a donné tout ce qu'il avait à donner. S'il avait une chance d'emmener une coupe à Montréal c'était l'été dernier, et encore là c'aurait été une coupe Covid.

Je ne vois pas ce qu'on en retirerait pour les prochaines années alors qu'il passera la mi-trentaine, et que le club sera reconstruit. Je lui souhaite quand même le gros trophée, mais ailleurs.
 
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Autre bon match devant enfin une salle comble et des fans électrisés.....rien de gênant à perdre en 7ème ronde de barrage...lol.....0 en 6 en avantage num. ça fait mal....bon retour de EDMUNDSON ....effectivement un gros morceau très utile....
on remet ça demain vs les FLYÉS..... ;) .
 

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Oups....EDMUNDSON pas en uniforme ce soir....n'a pas de facile.....lol.